GSW XC's Hurricane Highlight #2: A Year of Academic Excellence

Apr 23, 2013

AMERICUS - The No. 2 highlight of GSW's running season consists
of the numerous academic honors the 2012-13 team took home this
past year.

The Georgia Southwestern women's cross country team was honored
at the annual GSW end-of-the-year athletics banquet with the
2012-13 President's Cup as the squad earned the highest yearly
team-GPA of all ten Georgia Southwestern athletic teams.

The Lady Hurricanes achieved a team-GPA of 3.476 for the 2012-13
academic year.

In addition, Mollie McGowan, who currently holds a 3.974 GPA,
was honored with the Susan Kay Smith award that goes to the senior
female athlete who is the best all-around representative of GSW
Athletics.

McGowan, an excercise science major, was also named to the
First-Team All-Academic Peach Belt team in addition to be honored
as GSW's Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.

To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must
1) participate in at least half of his/her team’s events and
be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.30
cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at
least one full academic year at his or her current institution.

Stay tuned tomorrow as the top highlight of the 2012 GSW cross
country running season will be revealed.